The Nevis Biodiversity Project

 

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Welcome to The Nevis Historical & Conservation Society's Biodiversity's Website

"Megalomys", an extinct species of Caribbean rodent - rediscovered on Nevis Peak?....British High Commission Approves Funding for Nevis Biodiveristy project...New search for extremely rare Nevis Bullfinch planned...1st Biodiversity GIS Workshop Scheduled ...

 

(Currently under dramatic and ongoing development!)

Mission Statement: Due to the effects of local development, global climate change and the subsequent loss of habitat, the Nevis Historical & Conservation Society's Biodiversity Committee seeks to identify and catalogue the existing species of all flora and fauna on Nevis as an indispensable aid in the struggle to conserve them.

About this site:  Established in October 2007, this is very much an ongoing project and is being updated on an almost daily basis.  Our priority is to start with endemic and endangered species of flora and fauna, however as the project progresses, we hope to create a comprehensive list of all terrestrial and marine life in and around Nevis

Community Involvement: This site is maintained and updated regularly by The Biodiversity Team, a group of 6th Form students from Charlestown Secondary School, Nevis, with the guidance and supervision of the NHCS and a generous grant from (to be determined).  It is our hope that this project may become a model for community involvement and sustainability for other small islands who may embark on similar biodiversity programs.

Endangered: Nevisian Flora & Fauna that are currently most at risk

Urgent Threats: "Lethal Yellow Disease" devastates Nevis palm trees

Nevis: Then & Now: A photo gallery showing how things have changed in the local environment in just the last few decades; we also have USAF aerial photos from 1946.

Nevis in 1720: Excerpts from The Rev William Smith's book, The Natural History of Nevis detailing the plants and animals as he saw them more than 288 years ago.

Source Materials: Full Copies of all reports & surveys used in this website

If readers have corrections, new data or particularly interesting photos of Nevis flora/fauna please forward them onto us and we may post it on this site.

Special Thanks To: Bruce Horwith & Kevel Lindsay of The Island Resource Foundation; David Robinson, NEVKIT Foundation; Scott C. Pedersen, South Dakota State University. Jo-Anne Sewlal & Christopher Starr, UWI, Trinidad. Jim Johnson, Nevis.

Previous thought extinct rodent rediscovered on Nevis? (click for details)

Nevis from space (click to enlarge)

Google Earth is an excellent free online resource that can be applied to studying the effects of local deforestation, beach erosion, coral reefs, ocean currents and other environmental items of local and regional interest. 

Please Note: We have endeavored to list details of all contributors to this website, both in data/text and photographs.  If we have inadvertently forgotten to give credit where credit is due, please let us know and we will remedy the problem immediately. 

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P.O. Box 563
Charlestown, Nevis
Eastern Caribbean
00109
Phone: 869-469-5786
Fax: 869-469-0274
E-mail: nhcs@sisterisles.kn

Website is maintained by the Nevis Historical & Conservation Society

This page was last updated on 06/30/08.


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